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单词 ometer
释义

ometern.

Brit. /ˈɒmᵻtə/, U.S. /ˈɑmədər/
Forms: 1800s ometer, 1900s– 'ometer.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: -ometer comb. form.
Etymology: < -ometer comb. form.
humorous.
A measuring instrument with a name ending in -ometer.
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1856 Farmer's Mag. Jan. 63 The barometers, thermometers, saccharometers, and other ometers.
a1909 A. Bierce Weather-wight in Coll. Wks. (1909) IV. 65 Yet here no instruments there be—Nor 'ometer nor 'scope I see.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

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